How to Use turnover in a Sentence

turnover

1 of 2 noun
  • The company has a high turnover rate.
  • We want to find ways to speed up inventory turnover.
  • The company had an increase in turnover this quarter.
  • Twelve turnovers in the first half.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Swift and a clutch forced turnover.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The team’s turnover luck isn’t all luck.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • One shot made from the field, eight turnovers.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • There’s been some turnover in the cast in that time.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Look at my turnovers, and a lot of them are just on me.
    — CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • But that didn’t last long as turnover rates hit all-time highs.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Longhorns forced 19 turnovers.
    — Sara Diggins, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Both teams have played a clean game so far with eight turnovers apiece.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026
  • There will be some roster turnover.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Fever coughed up 17 turnovers.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • That's a lot of sideline turnover.
    — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • We are no longer challenged with high turnover.
    — Bob Rhatigan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The turnovers served as bookends on the night.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And even then, the turnovers kept coming.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The Aztecs scored 25 points off turnovers.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Keep the assists up, and keep the turnovers down.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Even worse than the penalties, though, were the turnovers.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The turnovers led to 27 points for Servite.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Five of the team’s turnovers came in the first quarter alone.
    — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Went to the pass game, and that’s where the turnovers happened.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But will Sam Darnold turnovers get in the way?
    — Greg Cote january 8, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • New York also has three turnovers.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 June 2026
  • Fouls and turnovers crushed the Sparks’ rally.
    — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • But then the turnover bug struck the Lakers once more.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The Longhorns also have as many turnovers as makes.
    — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Had a defense force 2 turnovers and get 3 sacks.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025

turn over

2 of 2 verb
  • The tide has turned over the past two years.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The fan base can turn over quickly.
    — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • She was turned over to a parent.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • The roster will turn over even more than the staff.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • One of them was to turn over the state’s voter rolls.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The woman then turned over a small abalone from her pants.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • And a chair in the middle of the tent was turned over.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The bank teller turned over some cash, and the man left the bank.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The man was turned over to EMS.
    — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Could a lawsuit force you to turn over a private chat?
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026
  • The roster turned over in a matter of months.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Schoen promised a sweeping search that would turn over every rock.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Weber asked the court to order the city to turn over the full records.
    — Mike Hayes, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2021
  • So, waiting for the fleet to turn over is going to take some time.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Seating may be hard to come by, but barstools turn over quickly.
    — Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Hamas has turned over the living hostages and more than half of the deceased.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Lucas was ordered to stay away from his wife and turn over all of his weapons.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The man grunted, turned over the slop pail, and sat down to remove his boots.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • Now, Carroll is gone and the roster has turned over.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • He has been forced to turn over all of his electronic devices.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • That dollar keeps turning over.
    — Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Moores had the good sense to turn over the franchise reins to Larry.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Boxes and drawers from every room had been pulled out and turned over.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Put both on the same page and the comparison turns over.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • For the final three quarters, Prescott did not turn over the ball.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2021
  • But the panel did not ask the companies to turn over the records at that time.
    — Mary Clare Jalonick, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • All of which is to say, Morgan needs to keep turning over stones.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That would require teams to turn over their local broadcast rights to the league.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Add steak and brown 2 minutes, turn over and brown 2 minutes.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The second car exited the road and turned over.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'turnover.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: